title: A young woman with distant recurrent metastatic primary vaginal carcinoma salvaged with radical radiotherapy.
abstract: The incidence of distant recurrent metastatic primary vaginal carcinoma is rare. The prognosis in such cases is poor, with cure being extremely rare. We report the case of a young woman, with distant recurrent metastatic primary vaginal carcinoma in which the patient remains disease-free 5 years after completing salvage radical radiotherapy. The clinical management of recurrent metastatic primary vaginal carcinoma must be tailored to the site of recurrence and the patient's performance status. Complete clinical remission and long-term survival without evidence of disease may be achieved in rare cases with radical radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. jthoms@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thoms
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berendt
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pearcey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*